Hey, you! Yeah YOU!
How come you haven't registered? Have you read about our new blue star program? We are donating $10 of each blue star subscription to the Blue Ribbon Coalition to ensure that we will have trails to recreate on for years to come.
Our blue star comes with all the benefits of a red star such as 10 second searching, blue/red star member only giveaways, access to the private blue/red star member forums, etc.

It has been passed that for decades and still we have 1% er's like the Reno 4X4 folks mentioned.

Kurt listed many of the reasons we should be and should have been pissed and engaged for all these decades, building up to the demise of most all wheeling in the areas discussed. . . nothing will change unless the 99% who do give a crap also give some money and time to the issue.

Yes, I know about the choir, preaching to it, the active vocal few, the leaders, monetary contributors, the time contributors and the like but again using the NRA example . . . they didn't garner the support gun owners have historically enjoyed by sitting back and watching rights crumble around them.

They work the Political machine and toss ammo bucks where the bullet meets its target.

Kind of ironic with all the "Occupy" discussion going on in this thread that the fall edition of UFWDA "Voice" ran an article about the very same issues . . . http://www.ebookonline.co.nz/doc/ufwda_fall/ . . . pages 6 & 7.

So how is this possible?? And I dont mean the closures, cause we know we are loosing that battle... But how is it that we didn't know anything about this until 3 days ago, then the weekend passes, and we loose 40 trails that we all enjoy every year??

How did no one at Cal4, or BRC, or CORVA, or anyone else that I give my money to every year not know anything about this??? Or if they did, why the fuck didn't they tell anyone, so we could do something about it???

I am so beyond pissed off right now, I don't know what to say...

Can someone that is smarter than me, please tell me what can be done to sway/change this decision?? There has to be something... there is no fucking way I am going to sit back, and watch them close these trails...

How can the government take something that we are entitled to? Why can't they work with us to fix the problem? Even if it means building a goddam bridge on Deer Valley.

I think the FS is on OUR side here. They don't want to be told how to do their job by the CBD.

Imagine if at your work some asshat didn't like how you do your job so they sue you in federal court to force you to do it thier way?

I get what your saying. But how come we never heard about it? It seems as though if the FS was on our side, they would have told us instead of hiding it behind our backs? There's a grey area. Not saying you are wrong.

Umm, "entitlements" are a key topic of discussion for the upcoming election and while we have multiple-use sustained-yield provisions to draw upon I don't recall anything that says we can exercise that in any manner we choose.

Today, we are “entitled” to what our Government decides to hand us and hence they need to get a firm grasp of what it is we want.

Is it welfare, food stamps, mandated health care, Social Security benefits, Medicare, freeways that can be driven on, public land that can be used by the public via various means and for various purposes . . . etc!

Can someone that is smarter than me, please tell me what can be done to sway/change this decision?? There has to be something... there is no fucking way I am going to sit back, and watch them close these trails...

Lawsuits are the only way. No offense to Kurt or anyone else because they do invaluable work, but letter writing campaigns can only do so much, and in the end that stuff won't save our trails.

You have to play the same dirty games as the greenies but beat them at it. That involves lawyers and lawsuits- it's the only way.

Maybe our land use lawyers should contact the guys over at Calguns and see if they can rip a few pages out of their play book; because lately they have been kicking butt for gun rights in CA- suing everyone that even thinks about violating rights.

If BRC, Cal4wheel won't do it then maybe it's time to start an organization that will.

How did no one at Cal4, or BRC, or CORVA, or anyone else that I give my money to every year not know anything about this??? Or if they did, why the fuck didn't they tell anyone, so we could do something about it???

BRC is the main party's in the law suit with Cal4Wheel being a co-party. Reports were given at each of the north district meetings along with in depth report from the Cal4Wheel's lawer at the Cal4Wheel convention this last Feburary in Hesperia, Ca.

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